communality
- noun
- /ˌkɒmjʊˈnælɪti/
:
comunalidad
- For Africans, especially the rural dweller, participation is linked to communality.
- bonds of communality
Examples
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In the social media era, new forms of communality are emerging and the significance of physical encounters is diminishing.
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But in King, he finds a communality in religious traditions.
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Further to the notion of communality, cultural practice is understood to be something that is widely shared among a group of people.
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The contexts, in various aspects, of our daily living can subtly lead us away from our essential identity in communality.
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Traditionally, the guitar has symbolized both individuality and communality.
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Women's conceptions of intimacy are less differentiated and more focused on communality with partners (Wright, 1982), resulting in "a friend once and for all."
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In our community, the sense of communality brings everyone together for regular potluck dinners.
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The festival highlighted a strong sense of communality, as neighbors joined together to celebrate their shared traditions.
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Social media has fostered new forms of communality, where people bond over common interests and values across vast distances.
Synonyms
∞
2.8
A shared feeling among people with the same interests or goals
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3.3
A feeling of close support and loyalty between people
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4.6
A quality that people or things share
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3.2
Feeling that you belong and are close to other people in a group
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3.4
A feeling of closeness and support between people
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6.4
A shared feeling or quality between at least two people
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2.9
A feeling that makes people feel they belong and help each other
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5.7
A way people act, own, or share things together
A feeling of being joined and acting together as one group
A feeling of sharing and close unity among people
A feeling of being accepted and included in a group
A strong feeling of togetherness and equality that people feel at festivals or other shared events
Antonyms
How Communal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Communality comes from the root commun- meaning 'common' or 'shared', the same root as community and common. So communality is the quality of sharing things, interests, or values with others in a group.